Turkey, Iran and Afghanistan, 1946–1991
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Give three examples of the army’s role in Turkish political life.
The military interventions and coups of 1960, 1971 and 1980.
2
Write the achievements and limits of the “White Revolution” in four sentences.
Achievements: land reform, votes for women, education; limits: few political freedoms, social discontent.
3
List the causes of the Iranian revolution by internal factors.
Social inequality, political restrictions, discontent with rapid modernisation, economic difficulties.
4
Which of Afghanistan’s neighbours were part of the USSR until 1991? What did this mean for the events of 1979–1989?
Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan; Soviet troops and supplies passed mainly through these republics (for example via Termez), and the war also affected their people.
5
State three consequences of the Afghan war.
Heavy losses, millions of refugees, ruin of the country’s economy.